Laziness

The contracting process here is so messed up. At any given time, about 1/3 of my contracts have some kind of problem. And most of the problems are with the military/civilians running the contracting and finance offices. I have to meet with another afghan tomorrow who wants to evict us because he hasn't been paid. Why hasn't he been paid? Because the contracting and finance offices are excruciatingly slow. They certainly don't work under the direction that we are fighting a war here and we are trying to win the hearts and minds of the afghan people. If you have any doubts, just look at the office hours for the finance office. They work less than bankers hours. The afghans that work in contracting actually seem way more competent than the Americans.

I'm not a big fan of Karzai, but if he has to deal with half as much crap from the military as I do, I can see where he might be frustrated and wonder if it'd be better for us to just leave so we'll stop screwing up and turning the local population against the government. (Of course, he wants is to keep funneling our billions/month his way.)

I can't imagine the kind of communication failures that would lead to this kind of stuff:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/afghan-prosecutor-arrest-warrant-us-officer